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LivingNonviolence works to inform and inspire a life of nonviolence. Gandhi claimed that nonviolence is "the law of our being"; that nonviolence manifests in human life in infinite ways; that violence is an aberration from being human. We agree! We write to support and encourage this point of view.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Disease as Friend

Disease .......is it our friend or enemy?

All of our text books say that disease is our enemy. So we have to fight against it. That means we have to declare a war against it. War? Yes, with anti biotics .......... anti fungals ...... you have to kill your enemy!

But do you have any right to kill? You have to love your enemy. So how can you poison the bacteria and virus? Actually, where is the bacteria? Inside our body. So where should you dump the killer medicine? Just inside .....! Can you kill some germs inside, without killing yourself? Is it possible? Is it religious?

Then what can we do? How can we achieve health? You see,violence cannot improve your health. Only nonviolence represents health. You have to understand "health" in a different manner to understand this. The same is true of "disease."

Disease is not your enemy. It is your friend! It communicates something to save your life. It gives some warnings to correct. It is to correct your mistakes. Suppose you are having a common cold. You may blame bacteria. Your doctor may give anti biotics. But what is it? What happens to your own body when you have it?

Some thing runs out of your nose. OK, that is why you call it a "runny nose!" But don't run behind your runny nose! It is the toxic mucous which is going out, isn't it? Do you want to keep it inside your body? Or do you want it out? "I want it out." Yes, that is what your body tries to do with a common cold. So why did you stop it?

All the mucous may accumulate inside the sinus, lungs, and stomach. It may lead to a migraine head ache, an allergy, or asthma. So disease is not your enemy. It is also the mechanism of your body.

If you would just observe fasting for two days or three, it will disappear after its purpose. Then your inner organs will become pure which may improve to health.